Budgets-are you including tax

I included the tax in my expected costs, you pay it all at the same time, there's no reason to keep it separate, in my mind.

My budget for the most part was taxed and 4 vendors were flat charge. That saved a lot from the extra amount to pay.

I didn’t separate the taxes since they are part of the total cost. It’s not like I can cut back on them if it takes me over budget!

To keep track of payments, I created a colour coded excel spreadsheet. Once a vendor is booked, I add them to the list and have separate lines for each payment with the date it has to be paid. For example, our photographer has a deposit line and then a second line for the remainder a week before. I keep it sorted by due date to I can see what and when my next payment needs to be made.

Once I’ve made the payment, I highlight it in green and note how it was paid eg credit card, cheque etc.

I include taxes in my total budget for each vendor. I feel that’s a more accurate way (in my own mind) of truly “staying on budget,” or as close to the budget as possible.

I include taxes on my budget sheet once I have them! But when speaking with vendors first I budget without taxes!

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Thanks! our venue/food/drinks also include the gratuity and tax in the quotes. So I will put it all as 1 total

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Great thanks! And yes I know Ontario tax blows

My budget includes taxes and tips (and I put that in the note). as a couple of my vendors are doing cash, so no tax.

you don't want any surprises after the fact. especially in Ontario where tax is 13%.

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Great thanks! Yes my Venue/food/drinks quotes have had gratuity and tax so i will factor that into my totals on Wedding Wire.

Not only tax, but tips/gratuity as well. If I budget without those two things, I'd have a $4,000+ bill at the end of the wedding that I hadn't accounted for.

My venue provides the dinner, so it's +tax, +15% gratuity... It turns a $5,000ish dinner for 100 people into about $6,400...

My first question for all of my vendors (photographer, DJ, commissioner, etc) is "Does this include tax?" Usually the answer is "yes", but you must double check, and definitely include it in the budget.

The tax is included in my budget. When I go to a new vendor, the cost of everything (with tax) is what I’m concerned with. I think it would scare me to have an entire separate section to see all the taxes on my wedding lol.

With my venue we are set up on a payment plan; initial deposit, 1 year mark, 6 month mark, 1 month mark. It has the taxes included I believe.. either way I only pay what it states in the contract (except for the tip which I will give the day of).

As for my Food vendor; we are given one price to pay on the day of with the taxes included.

All in all I won't be looking into the taxes other than to make sure it all adds up.

I find that the budget tool here on wedding wire really helps with the keeping track by the way